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SPAB-STBA Conference 2024: New Ideas for Old Buildings
Tuesday 5 November 2024
York Hospitium
Event details
Our traditional and historic buildings are facing unique challenges in the face of climate change, technological advancements, skills shortages, and economic pressures.
With this year’s theme, we’re exploring where tradition meets innovation, and how the past informs the future.
You’ll hear from a wide array of experts sharing the latest research, ideas and innovations to give our built heritage a sustainable future.
As a bonus, participants will have free entry to the nearby Yorkshire Museum during the lunch break.
Who is this conference for?
This conference is aimed at building and heritage professionals, as well as students in relevant fields.
The SPAB is an IHBC-recognised CPD provider and certificates of attendance are available on request.
Programme
A full timetable and speaker details will be announced shortly. Join us to discover the latest on:
1. Materials for the Future: Exploring sustainable materials and building techniques that respect the traditional performance of old buildings while meeting contemporary demands for efficiency and environmental responsibility.
2. Educational Initiatives: Discussing strategies for educating professionals, craftspeople and the public about the significance of traditional buildings and fostering the skills necessary for their preservation and enhancement.
3. Innovative Applications: Showcasing projects and case studies that demonstrate innovative approaches to the repair and adaptation of traditional buildings for modern use.
4. Community Engagement: Highlighting successful community-driven initiatives aimed at preserving heritage, revitalising historic areas, and promoting sustainable development practices.
5. Technological Advancements: Presenting advancements in technology, digital tools, and methodologies that aid in the documentation, analysis, and conservation of traditional buildings.
Speakers
- Andy Beardsley, Terra Measurement – Reinventing Heritage: Empowering Old Building Conservation with Best Practice 3D Geospatial Surveys
- Laura Brain & Joel Cady, Welsh School of Architecture – Transforming Homes & Houses for Future Generations research project
- Christian Clarkson & Nicholas Uglow, Simpson & Brown – Dalmeny House: Not Without Foundation
- Dr Louise Cooke with panel of postgraduate students, University of York – Conservation, Crafts and the Changing Climate: Pilot Project
- Dale Copley with Megan Breen, Lynn Mathias & Joe Orsi – Heritage Craft Workshops for Young People
- Rachel Elliott, Lynch Architects – Jankes Barn non-Conversion
- Jo Lugg, National Trust – Talk TBC
A full timetable and keynote speaker details will be announced shortly.
Booking details are available here
Accessibility
- Total or partial step-free access
- Accessible toilets
- Accessible parking spaces
- Catering for dietary restrictions, if indicated on the booking form
Conference Sponsors
With thanks to our sponsors:
Ecological Building Systems was set up in Athboy, County Meath, Ireland in 2000. The UK division was established in 2007 and is based near Carlisle in Cumbria. Ecological’s parent company is MacCann & Byrne, a family owned company steeped in history, which has been on the same premises in Athboy since 1906. Their ethos is to achieve ‘Better Building’ by adopting a ‘Fabric First’ approach to design, with the use of more natural materials to optimise building performance and durability. They research, stock, and supply high-performance sustainable products with unrivalled technical support, and offer comprehensive training on all the products they supply.
VELUX roof windows have been bringing daylight and fresh air into homes around the world for more than 80 years. Their products help create bright, healthy and energy-efficient places in which to live, work, learn and play. VELUX have an objective to find ways for the building industry to be sustainable. Preserving and improving our existing building stock is the best way to reduce use of material and energy. Daylight and fresh air with roof windows is a key element to increase the future value of traditional and historic buildings, making it a healthy and comfortable place for the occupants.
Venue address:
York Hospitium, Museum Gardens, YO30 7DR, York, United Kingdom
Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email our co-host: education@spab.org.uk.
STBA CALECHE project:
(Coherent, Acceptable, Low Emission Cultural Heritage Efficient renovation)
CALECHE develops a decision support system (DSS) for renovating historic buildings, emphasising a people-centered, holistic, and digitalised approach. The DSS integrates specific protocols for initial evaluations, heritage, energy, structure, engagement, and monitoring, ensuring compliance with cultural value protection regulations. CALECHE focuses on improving key technologies like interior bio-insulation, window conservation, and BIPV, demonstrating the link between innovation and heritage renovation. The work is showcased across four examples and accessible on the Historic Renovation HUB website.
STBA’s role is to lead the coordination on:
- A literature review placing the approach in a theoretical context
- A review of existing tools and methodologies placing the approach in a practical context
- Stakeholder engagement capturing feedback on the identification and weighting of values and benefits as well as analysing trade-offs between various benefits and impacts
- Bringing those threads together to define the key features and write the specification to this multi-criteria decision support system tool to be hosted on a Historic Renovation Hub
Other partners will be working on integrating BIM, AI, a repository of retrofit solutions, wider stakeholder engagement, and dissemination and communication, as well as four casestudies for pilot study – including individual buildings as well as areas, where outputs will be analysed over a range of factors, heritage and technical.
‘Retrofit at Scale’ endorses STBA’s Responsible Retrofit Guidance Wheel’ tool
We are thrilled to share the release of ‘Retrofit at Scale,’ a comprehensive document highlighting the critical role of the STBA’s ‘Responsible Retrofit Guidance Wheel‘ tool in sustainable heritage conservation. Read the document to explore how our tool is setting new standards in the heritage retrofit sector.
Download the document here.
STBA Case Study: Ton Pentre: Whole House Retrofit, 2023
STBA is delighted to announce the release of a new Case Study in Whole House Retrofit. The building is a small mid-terraced solid walled dwelling in Wales, typical of many throughout the UK. The case study is particularly significant due to the excellent u-value achieved on the rear wall (0.53W/m2K), with minimal insulation thickness, and the use of materials compatible with the original fabric. Overall, the building exhibits good internal air quality and achieves an EPC band A rating.
Read the report, here.
STBA Briefing guide: The use of Natural Materials in Retrofit
This briefing explores opportunities, limitations, and barriers of using natural insulation in retrofitting. This is essential because natural materials can mitigate risks and promote healthier buildings.
Download the guide here.
How to Improve Energy Eficiency in Historic Buildings in Wales
Cadw’s guide provides advice on improving energy efficiency in historic Welsh buildings while preserving their heritage. It stresses using careful, expert-approved methods for insulation and heating to enhance energy use without damaging historical value.
Download it, here.
From Retrofit to Regeneration
This paper explores the shift from merely upgrading buildings to a broader approach that includes regenerating both the buildings and their communities. It highlights the limitations of retrofitting alone and advocates for a comprehensive strategy that integrates building improvements with social, environmental, and economic revitalisation.
Download the paper, here
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) Guide to Energy Retrofit Of Traditional Buildings
Launched in Edinburgh at COP26, STBA Patron member, Historic Environment Scotland, lead the way in this detailed guide on retrofit. This is an illustrative and detailed example of how to utilise modern tools to assess traditional buildings, improve the thermal performance and, retain the character of a site steeped in heritage.
Download the paper, here.
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